Lions general manager Brad Holmes discusses relationship with Dan Campbell

As the Detroit Lions have become a contender, one thing is abundantly clear. General manager Brad Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell are in complete agreement and have the same ideas about the type of players they want and the culture they want (and have built).

A recent poll from The Athletic ranking the NFL's best front offices was filled with comments from people around the league noting just that.

“Holmes and Campbell see things through the same lens, which has helped the GM bring in the types of players who will do well for Campbell. “They have put together a squad that appears tough, selfless and talented,” said one executive.

“Detroit has done a great job of figuring out its style and taking guys who fit it in the draft and in free agency,” one NFC executive said.

“Detroit has done a good job building it in its own image that is unique to everyone else,” one executive said.

Before Monday night's game against the Seattle Seahawks, Holmes sat down with Brad Galli of WXYZ-TV in Detroit.

Among other things, he discussed how his relationship with Campbell works.

“I have always said from day one that I am incredibly blessed and incredibly lucky to be in this position, working with Dan,” Holmes said. “Of course it was a privilege because we saw so much on equal terms straight away, but in every good relationship there is even more trust, even better trust. Now we anticipate each other's thoughts and even “I overcommunicated and still got it right.”

“On a day-to-day basis, I just want to make sure he's equipped with everything he needs to make sure the team is running at a high level,” Holmes said… “So I just never want to let him down, and I never want to put him in a situation where he feels shortchanged. It just doesn't work, we all don't care about credit and ego. I've seen countless times how this stuff can bring things down.

Public praise between Holmes and Campbell is nothing new. The synergy between the Lions' general manager and head coach appears to be unique throughout the league, and that synergy also produces the desired results (unlike the results that the synergy of their predecessors brought).